is a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Podcasts

Scare tactics don’t work. But scientific education might. Here are tips for talking with teenaged patients about keeping themselves and their friends safe. 

How to Talk to Teenagers About Substance Use

How to regulate circadian rhythms and regulate mood using dark therapy. 

Blue Light Blockers: A Behavior Therapy for Mania

Forensic psychiatry is not for everyone, but looking back on his life and illustrious career, James L. Knoll IV, MD, realizes that he was destined to study crime. 

A Forensic Psychiatrist Takes the Stand

James L. Knoll IV, MD, shares insights from his decades in forensic psychiatry, where he has treated some of the criminal justice system’s most difficult and dangerous patients. 

Treating ‘Morally Objectionable’ Patients

What can Olympians teach mental health professionals about caring for student athletes—and others too? 

5 Personality Traits of Olympic Athletes

Blue light is associated with a host of physical health maladies, including obesity, diabetes, and cancer. But what does it do to patients with depression or bipolar disorder? 

Blue Light, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder

A deep dive into the history, side effects, and efficacy of a controversial drug. 

Four Myths About Lamotrigine

Although the new drug aducanumab has grabbed all the headlines, the future of Alzheimer treatment may be just as much about public health campaigns as it is about psychopharmacology. In this episode of Psych Pearls, we find out why.   

What Will the Future of Alzheimer Disease Treatment Look Like? 

Although depression is more prevalent among women, it may be more challenging to diagnose in men. This National Men’s Health Month, learn to recognize male depression’s symptoms and catch its comorbidities.  

What Makes Men’s Depression Different? 

Dr Sotsky is a fellow in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center with a part time private practice. She was formerly a chief resident at Columbia’s psychiatry residency program. Before medical training, she received an MS in Narrative Medicine, an interdisciplinary field that studies illness through a humanities lens. She is co-author of 

Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide

 and has interests in medical education, psychotherapy, and medical humanities.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians were thrust into unfamiliar roles, where they sometimes had to make life and death decisions. Here are a few of their stories. 